State v. Hubbard

HOLMAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, James Hubbard, was charged with the murder (in the second degree) of his wife, Lee Etha Hubbard. He was found guilty and his punishment was fixed by the jury at imprisonment for a term of 30 years. See §§ 559.020 and 559.030. 1 Defendant has appealed, and the sole point he raises here is that the trial court erred in refusing his proffered instruction submitting manslaughter. We affirm.

The testimony indicates that Lee was killed in her mother’s apartment in St. Louis, Missouri, when stabbed twelve times in the chest by defendant. She died shortly thereafter…